Yeah, I know what you mean!-If it was too sensitive in pitch it would explain why his version is shorter, though

At the end of this report it says the MB5 went to Wattisham 1948/9 then Bircham Newton 1963 before being burnt.

http://johnmarlinsmb5replica.mysite.com/index_1.html

Richard

I fear I may be the cause of some historical inaccuracy. I wrote to Flypast after an article about the MB-5 having seen a letter in a very old issue of ‘Air Pictoral’ to the effect that the MB-5 went to Bircham Newton. I later found another letter from a few months later correcting that statement, saying that it never went there but I never wrote to flypast again to correct it. Apologies, it was just that I was just given a big pile of them from the 50’s and 60’s in no particular order. P.S. I read somewhere that Mr Marlin’s (near) copy is of different dimensions to make it handle better

Don’t suppose you could move it? I only live 10 minutes away, but there’ll be the Fury at Duxford that day!-thought not!!

Er… how does all this showing off help Fleet???

There was an article about Kermit Weeks’ Tempest V in ‘Aeroplane’ a couple of months ago- it won’t be flying for a while, is the gist of it!

The “stored” Rolls Royce Spitfire XIV RM689 has already been transferred to their Derby plant, according to ‘Aicraft’ magazine

Thanks fior the tip – are Spits and Gannets monsters..? Funny title.:confused:

Don’t know about the Spit, but the Gannet was flown out in an AN-124!!- quite a monster of an aircraft!